Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

"Responding to your lord, we are villagers from Gou'er Village and Qu'er Village. The reason why we came here is that the government imposed labor labor a few days ago and ordered us to serve in the Tianmenjiang Dam. I dare not refuse According to the government's order, I packed my bags and set off, but I didn't expect that when I came here, the sky suddenly changed."

Li Wei answered truthfully, and when he said this, a hatred suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Then he first glanced at Yuzhou Wei, who had just rescued them, who was exhausted at this time, then gritted his teeth suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, and continued:

"Originally, the little man saw that the nearby mountains were unstable, and there was a sudden heavy rain, and there was a sign of a flash flood, so he told the Yacha who was in charge of our labor labor and suggested changing the road, but the guy not only refused, but also used the little man to steal and rape. Trying to delay the trip as an excuse to blame the people, and then forced us to pass through the dilapidated folk road first, while they hid behind and watched from a distance. As a result, when we were in the middle, the mountain directly above suddenly collapsed. It formed a mountain torrent, if the military lords hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have been buried alive by the mountain torrent."

Having said that, he suddenly turned around and knelt down towards Zhang Shiping, who had a complex expression not far away.

"Li Wei, the little man, hereby thank you General for saving the people."

As he spoke, he slammed his head heavily on the ground regardless of the mud on the ground.

"My lord's kindness and virtue, I will always keep it in my heart. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay the general at all costs."

It was Zhang Shiping who dug him out of the soil just now.

In order to complete the task as quickly as possible to avoid another eruption of mountain torrents, Zhang Shiping, the most powerful member of the Yuzhou Guard, had no choice but to put down his body and do it himself, digging the soil with the soldiers to save people.

Obviously it was to protect the guards of Yuzhou, and saving them was a last resort, but seeing Li Wei kneel down to him so sincerely, Zhang Shiping still couldn't help feeling a complicated and unspeakable feeling in his heart.

But after a while, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Um?"

In an instant, he realized what was the source of this strangeness.

"No, it's not that labor is not required for flood control this time, but that we and others in the army should assist Xiao Shangshu to quell the flood? Why do they still..."

With this in mind, he raised his head subconsciously and looked at Lu Chen.

Then, he noticed that Lu Chen's eyes had turned cold.

In his eyes, there seemed to be a cold ice that would not melt for ten thousand years, which made him feel a chill all over his body for no reason.

That look was actually colder than when he heard his disdain for the people before.

"Where is Fang Yu!"

Fang Yu jumped up and landed in front of Lu Chen in an instant, bowing and clapping his hands in response:

"Here is the humble position, my lord, please give me instructions."

Lu Chen's left hand was behind his back, and his right hand was tightly grasping the sword of the extreme way. The hilt of the sword of the emperor, which can "cut the rebellious sect at the top, and punish the ministers at the bottom, cut first and then play, imperial power franchise", quietly radiated from the blade. Amidst the supreme power, he said indifferently: "The yamen servant that this fellow just mentioned, should not have gone far by now, go and bring him here to see this official."

"Humble post takes orders!"

Swish!

The moment the voice fell, Fang Yu suddenly disappeared in place like a ghost. After only two breaths, his surroundings could no longer feel his voice.

After ordering Fang Yu, Lu Chen looked at Li Wei again.

"My fellow, are you sure that someone from the government went to your village to collect labor?"

Hearing this, Li Wei suddenly felt something extraordinary.

There seemed to be an instinctively awe-inspiring power about this unreasonably young scribe in front of him, which made him subconsciously look away and dare not look at him.

As if he was the real big shot who could decide the fate of everyone present.

Li Wei shook his head, suppressed the urge to worship in his heart, and then said firmly: "Returning to the adults, Xiaomin is sure that the government issued a labor order for us, and the person who came to our village to announce the order that day , it is the county master who will come here every time the county government collects taxes."

Thinking of Master Gao's arrogant and domineering appearance before, and thinking of the boy from the same village who was killed by him like an ant with his mighty power, Li Wei's eyes flashed with resentment. I told Lu Chen about it.

Lu Chen didn't say a word, the expression on his face didn't change at all, and he just listened to him quietly.

The people who had just escaped from the dead also recalled their tragic experience of being conscripted into labor.

Thinking of how difficult the world is, and thinking of the close relatives and friends who were oppressed to death, I couldn't help but feel sad, and wept bitterly with my face covered.

Hearing the mournful cries of the common people, the original pride and inexplicable joy in the eyes of all the Yuzhou guards gradually disappeared without a trace, and then fell silent collectively.

These people are also their parents and fellow villagers, and they are living in such a miserable life now...

Even though his body is so thin, it is so difficult to walk, and he can't even afford a bundle of firewood, yet he has to bring his own rations and trek long distances to the Tianmenjiang Dam, where the weather is getting worse. Going to do it is infinitely heavier than cutting firewood and carrying water double live.

That's hard work that even the strong and brave men like them feel very hard on!

Isn't this letting them go to die?

It's simply a disregard for human life!

At this moment, whether it is the top soldiers at the bottom or the officers of hundreds of households, the rejection of the sudden task of going to the dam area to calm the flood is inexplicably much smaller.

Some people even think that it is proper for them to do these things for their strong and strong soldiers.

After all, they are human beings, with flesh and blood, with emotions and desires, not yet hard-hearted, but people who can empathize for others.

When Li Wei knelt down and cried again, Lu Chen slowly raised his head.

"The officer knows."

But at this moment, there was a scream from behind.

"ah!"

Immediately afterwards, with the sound of a breaking wind, two fat figures in yamen uniforms suddenly fell from midair, and finally landed heavily not far from Lu Chen.

At the same time, Fang Yu's figure suddenly appeared beside Lu Chen, just like when he left, coming and going without a trace.

"My lord, I am lucky to be humble!"

Lu Chen glanced at him.

"Thanks a lot."

Fang Yu bowed again and stepped back.

Li Wei quickly reacted, and subconsciously looked at the two wailing figures on the ground. After seeing their faces clearly, he stared at them with surprise on his face.

Those two people, who else were they not the official servants who often bullied them as laborers and deliberately made them risk their lives to explore the way?

‘Actually... they really caught them, and it was so fast! '

Li Wei raised his head and looked at Lu Chen.

Under the shocked gazes of Li Wei and the rest of the people, Lu Chen slowly rode forward, looking down at the two clerks with bruised noses and swollen faces, whose bodies were covered in mud.

The two of them quickly sensed the approach of the war horse, and immediately ignored the pain on their bodies, they hurriedly got up, then knelt down on the ground, and without caring about the situation around them, they directly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! The little one has two hundred taels of silver in his family, and he is willing to write a letter to his mother-in-law, asking her to take the silver taels and present it to the king, and it will be delivered within three days at the most, please don’t kill the little one!"

"Me too!"

Obviously, the two of them regarded Lu Chen and others as the king of the mountain in a certain cottage, and wanted to spend money to save their lives and avoid disasters.